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Klaus Scharioth (born October 8, 1946) is a former German diplomat. From 2006 to 2011 he served as Germany's ambassador to the United States. Since 2011 he has been dean of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs. He is also a Professor of Practice at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a commentator on relations between Germany and the United States.

Early life and education

Scharioth was born in Essen, located in the Ruhr Area in western Germany. He studied law in Bonn, Freiburg and Geneva and political science, sociology and psychology at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho. He is also a graduate of the Fletcher School, where he studied international relations, international law and international economics and received an MA, an MALD and his PhD. He is married with three children.

Diplomatic service

His first posts were in Quito, Ecuador (1979–1982) and at West Germany's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City (1986–1990). In the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself, he has served in the Asia, press and State Secretary's offices (1977–79), in the policy planning staff (1982–1986), and in the international law division (1990–1993).

Scharioth was Director of the Private Office to the NATO Secretaries General Manfred Woerner, Willy Claes and Javier Solana in Brussels, Belgium, from 1993 to 1996. In the Foreign Ministry he thereafter held posts as Head of the Defense and Security Policy Division (1996–1997), and as Head of the International Security and North America Directorate (1998–1999). Klaus Scharioth was appointed Head of the Office of Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel in 1998. Under Joschka Fischer Scharioth became Political Director (1999–2002) before serving as State Secretary of the German Foreign Office from 2002 to 2006.

Scharioth presented his ambassadorial credentials to George W. Bush on March 13, 2006. In August 2011 he was succeeded by Peter Ammon.

Other activities

• Jewish Museum, Berlin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Honors

Scharioth has received honorary doctoral degrees from the College of Idaho, Chatham University and Old Dominion University. He has received Estonia's Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Class II) and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

References

1. "Klaus Scharioth neuer Rektor des Mercator Kollegs für internationale Aufgaben". www.stiftung-mercator.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-04.
2. "Faculty Profile | Tufts Fletcher School". fletcher.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
3. (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "'Worst crisis in US-German relations since WW II' | DW | 14.07.2014". DW.COM. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
4. "The Multiple Crises of Europe Part I: A Conversation with Klaus Scharioth". The German Marshall Fund of the United States. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
5. "Trump and Merkel need to get to know each other: Fmr. German ambassador to US". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
6. TheFletcherSchool (2017-03-20), Prof. Klaus Scharioth on MSNBC, archived from the original on 2021-12-14, retrieved 2018-07-05
7. "The View from Europe". www.globaldispatchespodcast.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
8. "Opinion | 'Evil Has Won'". Retrieved 2018-09-12.
9. 2015-2016 Annual Report Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Museum Berlin.
10. "C of I Newsletter | College of Idaho". 2012-10-11. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
11. "News at Old Dominion University". ww2.odu.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
12. "Vabariigi President". www.president.ee. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
13. "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen / Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen vom 1. Oktober 2011". www.bundespraesident.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-04.

External links

• Biographical interview on WDR5 (in German), September 5, 2018

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North German Confederation
Minister Resident	Friedrich von Gerolt (1868–1871)
German Empire
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Kurd von Schlözer (1871–1882, Chargé d'Affaires) Carl von Eisendecher (1882–1884) Friedrich Johann Graf von Alvensleben (1884–1888) Ludwig, Graf von Arco-Valley (1888–1891) Theodor von Holleben (1891–1893) Clemens von Ketteler (1892–1896)
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Anton Saurma von der Jeltsch (1893–1895) Max von Thielmann (1895–1897) Theodor von Holleben (1897–1903) Hermann Speck von Sternburg (1903–1908) Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1908–1917) Dr. Karl Lang (1921–1922, Chargé d'Affaires) Otto Wiedfeldt (1922–1925) Adolf Georg von Maltzan (1925–1927) Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1927–1933) Hans Luther (1933–1937) Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (1937–1938) Hans Thomsen (1938–1941, Chargé d'Affaires)
Federal Republic of Germany
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Heinrich Krekeler (1951–1953, Chargé d'Affaires & 1953–1958) Wilhelm Grewe (1958–1962) Karl Heinrich Knappstein (1962–1968) Rolf Friedemann Pauls (1968–1973) Berndt von Staden (1973–1979) Peter Hermes (1979–1984) Günther van Well (1984–1987) Jürgen Ruhfus (1987–1992) Immo Stabreit (1992–1995) Jürgen Chrobog (1995–2001) Wolfgang Ischinger (2001–2006) Klaus Scharioth (2006–2011) Peter Ammon (2011–2014) Peter Wittig (2014–2018) Emily Haber (2018-present)
German Democratic Republic
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Rolf Sieber (1974–1978) Horst Grunert (1978–1983) Gerhard Herder (1983–1990)

• 1946 births
• Living people
• College of Idaho alumni
• The Fletcher School at Tufts University alumni
• Ambassadors of Germany to the United States
• 20th-century German diplomats
• 21st-century German diplomats
• Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class
• Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany